Stanford is offering many online courses for free, I’m not sure if you know about them, but these seem interesting: Probabilistic Graphical Models: http://www.pgm-class.org/ Machine Learning: http://jan2012.ml-class.org/[...]
Archive for December, 2011
NIH budget maintained at the price of loss of student tuition support.
Congress Would Raise NIH Spending and Maintain Maximum Pell Grant, but at a Cost By Kelly Field Washington Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year that would increase funds for the National Institutes of Health by 1 per[...]
Are American Universities the Quislings of China?
As more American universities open campuses in China, they’re bending to the country’s censorship rules. Isaac Stone Fish reports from Beijing. (excerpted and adapted) UC Berkeley announced on Nov. 11 that it plans to open a campus in Shanghai. Stanford Center will open in P[...]
December 15th, 2011 - 12:30 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Putin Blames US for Fall of Gaddafi
Vladimir Putin lashes out at America for killing Gaddafi and backing protests Perhaps thjis explains why Putin was awarded China’s peace prize?[...]
December 15th, 2011 - 1:18 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Kenya Screws Up in Somalia
UN-backed invasion of Somalia spirals into chaos In a rare dispatch from the badlands of Southern Somalia, Daniel Howden sees how Kenya’s war has made things worse.[...]
December 15th, 2011 - 1:13 am § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge: Where is it?
A. Pyongyang B. Capetown C. Kansas D.Wasila E. Tehran [...]
China: “Civilized” Captors Loosen Their Grip
Central Guidance Committee names Linyi the “Most Civilized” prefecture-level city in China, may even ease up on Chen Guamgchemg , a most civilized dissident in Shandong. Sources close to the family of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who has been under house arrest at his home in Lin[...]
December 14th, 2011 - 7:02 pm § in America
Breaking News: Obama second to Gingrich as Candidate for Republican Nomination.
Wow! What if Barack WINS?[...]
A Channukah question: “What do I buy for the children of the man who tried to kill my wife?”
“It was never my intention to become a reconciler, to become a secondary victim of terror who turns around and, in order to create something positive out of the destruction, works toward peace and reconciliation” -David Gershon In the spirit of this season, please read this wonderful let[...]